Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library & Information Science
Latest Episodes
Episode 14: Titus Moolathara, Advocacy Librarian
March 2017 is an exciting month for Beyond the Stacks! We will be releasing two episodes this month and these episodes highlight three librarians from the Free Library of Philadelphia working on innovative community-building projects. We talked to Titus
Episode 13: Jenny Benevento, Etsy.com Taxonomist
Welcome to Season 4 of Beyond the Stacks! On this month’s episode, we hear from Jenny Benevento. Jenny has created taxonomies for the Associated Press, Sears and Kmart, Etsy and other smaller businesses and organizations. Join us as we talk about t
Episode 12: Tom Blake of the Boston Public Library
On this month’s episode, we hear from Tom Blake, the Content Discovery Manager at the Boston Public Library. This episode concludes season 3 and marks Elizabeth’s first time as host! Tom came to the BPL from the Massachusetts Historical Socie
Episode 11: Jennie Rose Halperin of Creative Commons
On this month’s episode, we hear from Jennie Rose Halperin, the Communications Manager at Creative Commons. It is also Derek’s last episode before he graduates at the end of this semester! Before working at Creative Commons, Jennie worked at
Episode 10: Amanda Brennan on Internet Librarianship
On this month’s episode, we hear from Amanda Brennan, the Internet Librarian! Amanda is currently a Community and Content Associate at Tumblr. Amanda Brennan specializes in researching the history of memes and other viral content throughout the web
Episode 9: Caryn Baird on News Librarianship
Welcome to Season 3 of Beyond the Stacks! We’re now back to our regular schedule, with a new episode on the first day of each month. On this month’s episode, we hear from Caryn Baird, Senior News Researcher at the Tampa Bay Times. She has research
Episode 8: Jason Griffey on Inventing Open Hardware
This month, we hear from Jason Griffey, creator and director of the LibraryBox project and founder and team leader of the Measure the Future project. Griffey is a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He has writt
Episode 7: Eben English on Developing Digital Repositories
On this month’s episode, we hear from Eben English, librarian and web developer at the Boston Public Library, where he focuses on front-end development for Digital Commonwealth, a digital library featuring collections from libraries, museums, archi
Episode 6: Henry Lowood on Software History & Preservation
On this month’s episode, we hear from Henry Lowood, curator for history of science & technology collections and for film & media collections at Stanford University and lecturer at Stanford University, San Jose State University, and UC Santa
Episode 5: Alex Wade on Tech Sector Librarians
Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond the Stacks! We’re now back to our regular schedule, with a new episode on the first day of each month. On this month’s episode, we hear from Alex Wade, the director of Scholarly Communications at Microsoft Resear